Re: Boot Order Question

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

Christopher Rose <crose@primary.net> wrote:

>  Which slots map to which peripherals is probably the better question.

This is easily identified by going into the Control Panel and looking at
the slots page.  Each slot can either be "Your Card" or one specific
built-in function.  The only vague items are the "SmartPort" and "Disk
Port" (two different functions of the same connector), and how AppleTalk
is organised.

For a ROM 1 IIgs, the mapping is as follows:

1 = Printer port
2 = Modem Port
3 = 80-column text display
4 = Mouse
5 = SmartPort (3.5" drives and RAM disk)
6 = Disk Port (5.25" drives)
7 = AppleTalk

To use AppleTalk, you have to set either slot 1 or 2 to "Your Card" and
slot 7 to "AppleTalk".

The ROM 3 IIgs is a little different: slots 1 and 2 have four settings:
Printer, Modem, AppleTalk or Your Card.  The appropriate slot must be
set to AppleTalk to enable AppleTalk.

ROM 3's slot 7 also has AppleTalk support, but this is only for
compatibility with a small number of programs which assume the IIgs
AppelTalk firmware lives in slot 7.  If you set slot 7 to AppleTalk, you
still need to set either slot 1 or 2 to AppleTalk, so you end up wasting
a slot.

> Does one need a special cable to do appletalk via the serial port to a
> mac or is a printer serial cable ok?

The serial cable which is normally used to connect a IIgs to an
ImageWriter II (or a Mac to an ImageWriter II) works fine as a two-node
AppleTalk (LocalTalk) network between the Mac and IIgs.

It doesn't work with LocalTalk-compatible HP printers, however - you
need the proper LocalTalk cabling system, or the third-party Phonenet
system if connecting a computer to an HP printer via LocalTalk.

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David Empson
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